Possessed an Academy Security Guard

80 – 080. The Secret of Kang Haneul (3)

After parting with Kang Ha-neul in a strange awkwardness, I was lost in thought while on the bus going home.

Even though it was complicated in my head, it was too complicated.

How Kang Ha-neul knows about Ryu Tae-hyeon and Talisman. If you know, how far do you know? What is her true identity? Could she possibly have something to do with the Dawning? A thousand thoughts ran through my mind.

Yes. Kang Ha-neul is a character who was a villain in the original work even though he had a minor role.

No matter how much your personality changes in this world, your nature may remain the same. Perhaps the Heavenly Demon of Pleasure added a setting related to the Dawning Corps in order to use the character Kang Ha-neul more usefully.

‘…… No.’

A sudden thought came to her, but she immediately shook her head.

There is a possibility. But I didn’t want to believe in that possibility.

‘Well, how are you? This is a preset that I have customized with great care. Isn’t it pretty? Cute right? It immediately catches my eye, right?’

‘…… You’re the benefactor who saved my life, so it’s only natural to be worried.’

‘Anyway, thank you for saving me. hahahaha, really This isn’t something I would say in this atmosphere…….’

‘Oh, and you don’t have to be so respectful to me! You’re four years older than me! Just say sky, and call it comfortably. Me too, I’ll call you oh oppa easily…….’

The various images and emotions that Kang Ha-neul has shown me so far pass through my mind quickly. Every time a single emotion came to mind, it seemed to weigh on my heart.

Kang Ha-neul is on my side. She is not an enemy

I wanted to believe that, but the way she showed me today was enough to make me doubt her.

…… If so, just be prepared.

“f*ck… ….”

After thinking about it for a long time, I spat out curse words and picked up my smartphone to call Illyana Faust.

-Oh! Customer Ansuho! Do you think it’s worthless?

From the other side of the phone, I heard Korean with an awkward accent unique to foreigners. I immediately brought out the business.

“Illyana. I would like to request an investigation into Kang Ha-neul.”

-Oh shi…….

Then I heard a gasp on the other side of the phone. A reaction like surprise.

“Why is that?”

-Oh. Ah, nothing! OK. Jossa against Kang Ha-neul Haksaeng! What kind of joss do you want?

“Just research everything in general. Who she is What kind of background did she come from? And…… Is there something she is hiding from others?”

-Okay! But, customer Suho An, you still haven’t paid for the last request. I want you to pay for the previous quest.

“Good. You said you wanted information inside the guard, right? I will give you whatever information I have access to.”

-No. No. What I want is the information you already know.

‘This is information I already know?’

Illiana said in a small voice when she hinted at the unexpected words.

-I want information about the performance of customer An Su-ho during the last double dungeon fight. I want to hear the real story told by the customer himself, not the contents of the statement censored by team leader Min Chaeryeong.

“That… ….”

How did you know? He swallowed the words that reached his throat.

As Illyana said, my actions during the last double dungeon incident were censored by Min Chaeryeong. At the time of the investigation, Kang Ha-neul stated that I had fled after a close fight with Wilhelm (although he left out the story about his ability in the process), but in the official statement, the part of the engagement with Wilhelm was completely omitted.

It was something Chaeryeong Min did on her own without saying a word to me, but for me it was something I was grateful for. Merely encountering the boss of an overrank dungeon and surviving would attract flying flies from all directions, but if it were revealed that the battle with that boss was established, things would be more tiring than now.

However, Illyana seemed to have noticed that Min Chaeryeong had censored the statement through some means. That alone was unbelievable enough, but considering her abilities, she was able to get there just barely.

But the important thing is.

“Why do you want that information?”

Why did Illyana want information about my activities, to be precise, about my combat power, even mentioning the reward for the previous quest?

She seemed to have an ulterior motive, so I asked, but Illyana answered with a deliberately cold attitude.

-Ansuho customer. Do you wonder what the principles I place the highest priority on in my detective work? This is the principle of confidentiality.

The principle of confidentiality.

Illyana Faust does not reveal the information about her request to others under any circumstances. That was her principle of confidentiality.

That means that.

‘Someone asked Illyana to investigate me. Then who the hell?’

The first thing that came to mind was Chaeryeong Min, but she probably wasn’t. She said that Min Chae-ryeong already knew about my activities through Kang Ha-neul’s statement.

– So? Would you like to pay the bill?

In my heart, I wanted to ask Illyana who her client was, but there was no way she would give an answer, and it would only result in a crack in the relationship of trust with her.

‘Yes. She sensed it just by insinuating that there was someone who requested an investigation on me.’

At least I know that someone is trying to find out where I am, so that’s where it is.

“Good. I’ll make you pay.”

-Okay! To this number, we will send you a questionnaire with some questions written on it! I want you to answer with a thumbs up on Yangshim!

“I will. Then I understand that you accept my request.”

-Yes! Jossah request for student Kang Ha-neul! I got it for sure! I’ll try to contact you soon!

With those words, the call ended. Exhausted from the phone call earlier, I leaned against the back of the bus and let out a deep sigh.

‘I thought it would be resolved a little, but then things get twisted like crazy again.’

Because it was midterm exams, there were a lot of things to worry about in the original story, but my head was about to explode.

‘…… Illiana’s ability to investigate is trustworthy, but in this case, even she might be having a hard time.’

If Kang Ha-neul is a member of the Dawning, she might not be caught in Illyana’s intelligence network.

‘Then how do you do this… ….’

I was lost in thought as I watched the scenery of Sokcho City flow endlessly outside the window.

However, that thought did not last long.

***

“Is Kang Ha-neul a member of the Dawn?”

Ji Ye-Won, who was resting at home because it was a holiday, asked back, looking somewhat absurd. Standing on her porch, scratching her half-tangled hair, she said with a disapproving look on her face.

“Mmm. It’s not something to talk about standing on the porch, would you like to come in?”

In her ears, the cross of cold flame that I had given me hung pretty like an earring. Ji Ye-won, who brought me into the house, sat down on the bed, and I roughly sat down on the floor in front of her.

“Before I answer, let me ask you first. Why did you suddenly suspect that he wasn’t a member of the Dawning?”

“That… ….”

I just explained what happened in the DVD room. The fact that Kang Ha-neul had a mysterious ability and that when explaining the origin of that ability, Ryu Tae-hyun borrowed the story of how he obtained Talisman and lied.

Ji Ye-won, who heard the story, seemed to understand it in her own way, spitting out chuimsae such as ‘really’ and ‘that’s right’. When everything was over, she told me.

“I don’t know if Kang Ha-neul is a member of the Dawning or not. Because she doesn’t know everyone who is in the same group. But, in my opinion, the odds of her being a member of the Dawning are infinitely low.”

“The basis?”

“Because I never saw her when she was in the Dawning.”

The answer seemed to conflict with what she just said. However, Ji Ye-won’s answer had a certain meaning.

“You remember I was a spy for the Dawning Corps dispatched to the Green House, right?”

“Yes.”

“The Dawning has their spies planted in all sorts of institutions. And they are all secret agents who have been thoroughly trained in training institutes since childhood. That said, if Kang Ha-neul is a member of the dawn, she should have ran into me once or twice when she was in spy training. He’s almost the same age as me.”

“Isn’t there a possibility that Kang Ha-neul isn’t a spy, but just an ordinary member?”

“There is absolutely no way that would happen.”

It was a natural question for me, but Ji Ye-won shook her head with a single knife.

“There’s no way we’d plant untrained members in an important institution like the Green House. It’s a place that’s already heavily guarded, so what if you get caught? Is not it?”

“What if she became a member of the Dawning when she was already a student at Green House?”

“That would hardly ever happen, but if it did, she would have dropped out right away, right?”

“Withdrawal…… Is it.”

My brows furrowed involuntarily at those words. In fact, Kang Ha-neul tried to drop out of the Green House at the beginning of her semester.

‘However, Kang Ha-neul listened to my opinion and overturned her dropout. If she had Kang Ha-neul as a member of the dawn, she would have forced her to drop out no matter how much I objected. However, the basis for that judgment is only Ji Ye-won’s individual opinion. Maybe there’s another reason that Ji Ye-won and I don’t know…….’

Thought after thought followed one after another, and the thoughts were complicatedly tangled. As I kept my mouth shut and groaned, Ji Ye-won hinted.

“And. Even if it wasn’t for that reason, I don’t think he’s a Dawning member.”

“Why?”

“Just a woman’s intuition?”

…… What else does that mean

I looked at Ji Ye-won with an absurd look.

“The purpose of the Dawning Corps is to destroy the current wrong society and establish a new order centered on superhumans.”

Yewon Ji said while pulling her one knee toward her chest and hugging her.

“Joining that ideology and joining the dawn means that you are full of dissatisfaction with this society. When you look into the eyes of such guys, you can get an estimate. ‘Ah, this guy’s life is so filthy and hard right now that he wants to destroy, destroy, and overturn everything.’ This feeling?”

But Kang Ha Neul didn’t feel that way.

After adding that, Yewon narrowed her eyes and looked at me.

“…… And above all, he likes you.”

She said that, thinly weeping and reluctantly.

“As you know from seeing it that day, Kang Ha-neul likes you as a member of the opposite s*x. Women are emotional creatures, so if you want to hide something in front of someone you like, it’s obvious. So I’m asking, how was it to you? Did Kang Ha-neul look like he was in a hurry to hide something from you?”

“…… No.”

I felt a little like that when we met today, but that was only for today.

Kang Ha-neul has only shown an honest side in front of me. She wasn’t mind-reading, how could I know what she was hiding from me, but at least I could sense her sincerity and sincerity in her attitude towards me.

Without that, I would not have come to see her as a human being as I used to think of her as a character in her novels.

“I don’t know how Kang Ha-neul learned about Ryu Tae-hyun’s work. Maybe there’s a secret you or I don’t know. Maybe he lied to hide the secret.”

Kang Ha-neul has his circumstances.

So don’t try to ask too much, just wait with some time. Give her time to organize her thoughts. Although it takes time, Kang Ha-neul will eventually tell you her truth. Because she is such a child.

Ji Ye-won smiled softly after saying that and then suddenly chewed her lips. Her deep sigh leaks from her mouth.

“Ha ha. But why am I saying nice things to her?”

Yewon Ji tapped my knee with the tip of her toe.

“You are funny too. Even though you know that I and Kang Ha-neul are in a romantic relationship, do you come to consult with me about Kang Ha-neul? What the hell are you thinking?”

“Rather than consulting, I just want to hear your opinion… ….”

“That’s it. Thanks to you, I’m on a long-awaited holiday, but I’m in a good mood. Eh. Tsk.”

Yewon Ji pouted her lips and spit out her cheeky voice. Contrary to what she said, however, she didn’t look really offended.

“Well, I did a bad thing to him, so I’m going to have a good time with this.”

The evil thing Ji Ye-won is talking about is what happened on the day of the last drinking party. Even though she knew for sure that Kang and Ha-neul liked her, she left her alone and committed suicide because of her drunkenness.

“Sorry. I couldn’t imagine how you feel.”

“It’s okay. Anyway, ask Kang Ha-neul honestly about this later. Probably not the worst case you think.”

“Yes. Thanks.”

“This much between us.”

I also smiled lightly at Ji Ye-won who smiled mischievously. In fact, nothing has been done with her, but she seems to have cleared the complexities in her head a little thanks to her talking to her.

“I’m sorry I bothered you while I was resting. I’ll just go. Get some rest.”

“No. Wait a minute In fact, I also had something to say to you.”

What do you mean by that? Before I could think, she continued.

“The mission Min Chaeryeong gave me, the specific schedule just came out.”